BEACON HILL PARK - ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES
The original size of Beacon Hill Park was over 220 acres. Approximately forty acres of Park land was sold before 1864. The largest loss--thirty-two acres--was in the northeast corner. Another eight acres of Park land were sold along the west boundary of the Park. Those two sections, now outside existing Park boundaries, are outlined in black on the map.
The current official total area of the Park is 183.147 acres. This includes 30 acres of City streets built on Park land. City streets on Park land are shown in white inside black Park boundary lines. Excluding these City streets, Beacon Hill Park acreage is about 154 acres.
The 30 acres of Victoria City streets on Park land include:
- Dallas Road (white line along the bottom of the map) through the park.
- Douglas St. from the junction of Blanchard south to Dallas Road.
- Southgate Street from Heywood to Douglas.
- Heywood Avenue from Southgate to Park Boulevard.
- Park Boulevard.
Also on Park land is the major intersection at Douglas, Blanchard and Southgate, the traffic triangle at Mile Zero, parking bays along Douglas and Dallas, and sidewalks and boulevards north of Southgate, east of Heywood and north of Park Boulevard.